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Changing the culture around cannabis in Connecticut

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A surgical complication in 2010 almost led Duncan Markovich, the owner and co-founder of the CBD store Better Ways in Brandford, CT, to lose his left leg. He began using cannabis therapeutically to relieve pain and treat nerve damage. After the 2018 Farm Bill descheduled some cannabis products from the Controlled Substance Act, Markovich and…

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Climate change hits BIPOC communities harder; local activists fight back

Newhallville is the neighborhood activist Doreen Abubakar has transformed a downtrodden area formerly known as "the mudhole" into the Learning Corridor – a place where residents of the neighborhood can fully utilize the natural resources nestled in their own block. Photography by Mahlet Sugebo.

Connecticut social and environmental activists talk about what they’re doing to combat the disproportionate impact of climate change on BIPOC and working class communities.